UEL MD3 | Sturm Graz-Atalanta 2-2 | Gian Piero Gasperini: "Ci rimane grande rammarico" – ENG SUB

Gian Piero Gasperini, the Group D situation is now all the more riveting, tonight’s draw, unfortunately, came after having been in control for quite a while. Indeed! While this outcome seemed not so unlikely in the eve; seeing the way the match actually unravelled leaves us with the bitter feeling of having squandered a key chance, mainly given how the tide turned at first. As pointed out, Atalanta were speculative, opting to defend the results mainly due to Luis Muriel’s brace After a rather bumpy start of the game, where we caved in and failed to curb their pace at

times, we deservedly turned the match around and scored two goals. Though we had the chance to close the match in the second half, especially being one man up, I think that the team played to defend the score rather than to win. As you said yourself, they were very speculative, an approach that had seldom done us any good in the past, especially given our tendency to unwind at odd times, just like in the penalty incident Let’s look at the bright side, though: you’re still on top of Group D three points clear of both your pursuers given

Sporting CP’s draw with Rakow. Which also means that our match in Poland will be no pushover either! Hence, winning this match was a golden chance to increase our odds of punching our ticket to the next stage in advance. You

foresaw it in a way when you said that everything would have hanged in the balance until the last or the second last game. Allegedly! First thing first, we have to focus on the second leg now! Tonight’s match and the second leg will have little or nothing in common. Plus, we now have experienced first-hand how harmful their

fast counters could be, especially their blows in the closing minutes despite being one man up. Now the safest approach is to go one match at a time